Environment

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Flames and smoke rise from chemical storage tanks near a strawberry farm in Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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A photographer takes photos as flames and smoke rise from chemical storage tanks near a strawberry farm in Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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Flames and smoke rise from chemical storage tanks near a strawberry farm in Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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A crane removes a container from a ship at the Port of Baltimore's Seagirt Marine Terminal on Friday, March 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Fragments of pipes and pottery containers used in kilns during ceramic firing were unearthed during the recent excavation at a Jamestown, Virgina site. New evidence also suggest that starving residents resorted to cannibalism. (Michael Lavin/Jamestown Rediscovery Project via Associated Press)

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Chancellor Philip DiStefano addresses 5,500 graduates and their families and friends during spring commencement at Folsom Field at the University of Colorado at Boulder. (Source: University of Colorado) ** FILE **

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Navy Lt. Dennis W. Peterson, 28, (left) was the pilot on a 1967 mission to rescue a downed pilot. Ensign Donald P. Frye, 23, (center) was a member of his crew. Lt. Cmdr. Richard D. Hartman (right) was the pilot they tried to rescue. The rescue helicopter was shot down and Peterson, Frye and two others onboard were killed. (U.S. Navy)